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Show NO SECRECY IN MEAT SITUATION WHEN j UNITED STATES REPORTS ARE UTILIZED '',1' ' , f J? i i !" 5 1 ! . ' " ! ? i 4 y . , Government Market Reports Fallow These Porkers to Market- bureau's leased wires to other ttiRrlcets where local offices are established. (Markets all over the country rely on these daily reports, and these prices are used as a basis in determining values. Steady progress has been made by the bureau in collecting and distributing distribut-ing information obtained from grazing and feeding sections, which is of use In lessening market congestion and preventing violent fluctuations in values. val-ues. Reports on meats in storage are Issued monthly. The bureau also issues monthly reports on receipts nnd shipments of live stock in 81 of the leading stock yards in the country. In addition the bureau furnishes a weekly week-ly bulletin, the Live Stock and Meat Trade News, which supplies miscellaneous miscel-laneous trade information coming from outside sources. AU of the reports issued by the bureau- are given wide publicity and are available to any person per-son who has use for them. (Prepared by the United States Department Depart-ment of Agriculture.) That every one Interested in meat from the stock raiser to the consumer may have the benefit of knowing market conditions in the meat industry, indus-try, the bureau of markets, United States department of agriculture, issues is-sues daily and other reports to facilitate facili-tate distribution, improve transportation, transporta-tion, stabilize values and to help the producers in placing their. stock where it will sell to the best advantage. On the assumption that the dissemination dissemi-nation of market information will tend to improve conditions, the bureau of markets has developed a system of market reporting that has already had some effect in restoring confidence in the markets. While the information made available by the bureau is being used most extensively by those actively active-ly engaged in some branch of the livestock live-stock or meat industries, it is believed that sooner or later the public generally gener-ally will utilize this knowledge and with it bring into line any retailers who reduce consumption by an unwarranted unwar-ranted margin of profit. Present Market-Reporting System. The present market-reporting system, sys-tem, which was begun in the fall of 1916, has developed rapidly, and at present there are 17 service centers, each of which distributes daily, weekly week-ly and monthly reports on the various branches of the industry. These include in-clude daily reports on meat-trade conditions con-ditions in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Philadel-phia, Washington, Pittsburgh, San Francisco and Los Angeles ; daily reports re-ports on live-stock loadings ; daily reports re-ports on the estimated receipts and prices of live stock at Chicago and Kansas City; reports of live-stock movements in grazing and feeding sections sec-tions ; monthly reports on stocks of frozen and cured meats, eggs and poultry; monthly reports on live-stock receipts and shipments at all public Stock yards, and monthly estimntes on the supply of marketable live stock. The report on meat-trade conditions at the leading markets brings to the small dealers, as well as to producers, Information that was formerly possessed pos-sessed only by the larger meat-packing institutions. Specialists obtain full information in-formation dally on the fresh-meat supply, sup-ply, including various grades of beef, veal, pork, lamb and mutton at the markets, and this information is tabulated tab-ulated and distributed widely by telegraph, tele-graph, through a leased-wlre system, to meat-market centers. In a similar manner daily price quotations are furnished fur-nished on different grades of live stock. As applied to fresh meats, this service results in giving to the public full information as to the supply and accurate data on values of all commercial com-mercial grades. Secrecy is eliminated, so that when prices on meats are high, as compared with valnes on foot, it Is possible to locate the profiteer. Shipments Reported Each Day. Daily reports prepared by the bureau furnish the industry with Information on live-stock shipments. This information informa-tion is obtained from transportation companies who report by wire each night to the Chicago office of the bureau. The wide distribution of this Information tends to stabilize values. It furnishes to the producer information informa-tion which will enable him to .ship his stock, to market where there Is the greatest demand. A knowledge of the demand by smaller plants, which these reports furnish, has a tendency to stimulate competition among buyers with the subsequent effect of raising values. Also, when the amount of live stock moving from production areas Is known, It Is possible to regulate the supply of cars needed and to determine deter-mine whether car shortages for any particular district are apparent or real. Improving the system of distribution dis-tribution makes fewer cars necessary, and they can be moved with greater dispatch. The better distribution of live-stock receipts resulting from information obtained from the loading reports enables en-ables commission men and buyers to render better service In handling live stock after it arrives at the slock yards. Heavy receipts arriving unexpectedly unex-pectedly create congestion nnd confusion, confu-sion, which In turn Invariably result In unnecessary shrinkage nnd costly delays, de-lays, working In reality an Injury to the producer and thereby discouraging production. Bureau Issues Variety of Reports. An Important branch of the livestock live-stock reporting system of the bureau of markets consists of the telegraphic bulletins prepared by representatives of the Chicago and Kansas City offices, of-fices, and Issues from time to time (luring the market hours of each day. They report the actual live-stock arrivals ar-rivals and I he exact, conditions of Ihe t;iutkct, anil are transmit Led over the |